This concluding paper examines the contributions in this Guest Issue by locating them within the ongoing debates about the role and contribution of social science research, particularly through the production of journals. Set in the context of on-going attacks on the relevance of social science research and the failure to respond to major crises…

Who knows about educational leadership, what knowing means, and what knowledge is produced is the core concern of this paper. The focus is on how histories of professional practice (teaching, research, publication) can and should be constructed in ways that not only chart events but also engage with the power processes that structure how agents…

In this article, the authors take up Roy Lowe's invitation to contribute to the discussion that he began as the new editor of the "Journal of Educational Administration and History." Lowe set himself a challenging but necessary task in reflecting on the original aims of the Journal and how these might be understood from the authors' contemporary…